As I just said in another thread, I think this topic deserved its own thread.
The main effect that the ban has had is that the mixers have gone to advertise in another forum (shitcoinstalks.com), and with it the campaign managers here as well as a lot of forumers that have been "teleported", being currently active in both forums.
This is not to criticize theymos' decision to ban mixers, which I understand in order to prevent greater evils in the future, but it is important to be aware of the danger of traffic transfer if further restrictions are introduced in the future.
Do not let this bother you so much, anyone can go anywhere they want to, that is human beings for you, and we are also in a free world. If you hear them, you will think it is Bitcointalk for life, but with little alterations in the forum for the sake of the forum, you see them jumping around. Who doesn't know it is all for the money?
They are doing the double standard without even any patience for the forum at all. Well, I do not see that stopping or reducing the traffic here as you can see, and as it is, those who even went to post in other forums only increased their presence there but have not relinquished their presence here, which makes Bitcointalk better as 75% of posters here may not even bother to go there.
As for theymos, I don't think he reasons things your way. He is probably more concerned about the sanity and integrity of the forum, rather than the traffic you are talking about. "A good name is better than silver and gold."